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".:. -' ....... -,' . . . ." ;" '., '... .. , NC IS EAst 57tb;STíìtmTì Ñ :Y;:.tOÔ22 (2U).1!iî " ing "WE CLEAN CABBAGE PATCH DOLLS." The price per doll is $12.95, a sum that might have kept the large family depicted in the 1901 novel "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch" in food for a couple of weeks.) The Pound Puppies ($17.97 at Toys R Us) being endearing sorts, you wouldn't want to lose one. Fortunately, along with them comes not only a puppy- care booklet but a form that, if it's mailed to the T onka company along with $3.50, will bring in return a heart-shaped red dog tag showing the names of the puppy and its owner, and an Official Certificate of Owner- ship. It might be well to remember that some children take these papers very seriously. In October, the Daily News printed a letter from someone who had not received adoption papers for a Cabbage Patch doll, and who asked, "Is she legally mine?" Prodded by the News, a Coleco representative ex- plained that the company had been overwhelmed by an the paperwork, and sent the anxious parent, posthaste, a Cabbage Patch Kid's Official Adop- tion Certificate. All in all, it's hard to believe what happened to Paddington, the bear who, according to Michael Bond's first book about him, published here in 1958, was found in London's Padding ton Station with a tag pinned on his duffel coat which said "PLEASE LOOK AFTER THIS BEAR-THANK You." In the years since, millions of children have taken in toy Paddington Bears and looked after them without any further docu- mentary ado on either side, or even a secret liquid -crystal authenticating logo. In the fifteen-inch size, wearing red boots, sou'wester, duffel coat -and, of course, tag-he's $26 at the Penny Whistle stores. A Caedmon record (TC 1580) or cassette featur- ing excerpts from the little bear's ear- ly adventures, read by the author, is $8.98. And "Paddington's Story- book," containing ten stories chosen- in honor of his quarter-century anni- versary-from those that have been published about him over the years, is $12.95. (Like all records, cassettes, and books mentioned herein, these can be found almost anywhere such items are sold.) The Christmas list some young rel- ative or friend has handed you may. include a Pound Puppy or a Padding- ton Bear but probably not a Little Con doll, although these are available. The .... nineteen-inch stuffed dolls, all of them male, some of them black, arrive wear- ing prison stripes and peering through the bars of wooden crates that resem- ble jail cells. The dolls-some of which have scars, as evidence of the criminal path they have travelled-are handmade by Shirley McCoy, the self- designated director of the Hard Rock Penitentiary, in Delta, Colorado. Ac- tually, the penitentiary is just a shack in her front yard containing three tiers of cells. From time to time, McCoy advertises in newspapers and sends out letters asking if anyone knows chil- dren who would like to serve as parole officers for the dolls: the applicants must be in a position to swear that they have led a clean life. Candidates for parole officer who measure up will re- ceive a Pen Pal doll if they are under eight or a Little Con doll if they are over eight; the two categories of doll jailbirds are dressed alike, but the crimes of the Little Cons are more serious. Each doll has a different name and number. With each doll comes a cautionary account of how he got into trouble with the law, purportedly written by the con himself, and a doc- ument certifying that on a specified date Little Con or Pen Pal of specified name and number was released into the custody of his child parole officer, who promises to see that the released prisoner obeys all laws, and does not fight, use drugs or alcohol, or carry a gun. The price for this privilege is $1 75, and part of the proceeds goes to various crime-reduction pro- grams. The Hard Rock Peni- tentiary people (688-1675 Road, Delta, Colorado 81416) say that sales are brisk. Also reported to be selling well are Rice Paddy Babies, which are $47.99 at the Toy Park, 112 East 86th Street. The closest thing to a crime committed by Rice Paddy Babies is that they want to get out of Southeast Asia. ("BABIES ORIGINATED IN HONG KONG. MADE IN CHINA," it says on the box.) These sixteen-inch dolls have cloth faces and yarn hair, and come dressed in bright-colored kimono outfits. The passports of the Cabbage Patch World Travelers have been issued by the United States. The passport that comes with a Rice Paddy Baby is British. Attached to it is a card that says, "The Governor of Hong Kong Requests and Requires in the Name of Her Majesty All Those Whom It May Concern to Al- low the Bearer to Pass Freely Without